#parturiency__labor__labour__confinement__lyingin__travail__childbed concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
supertype: #parturition__birth__giving_birth__birthing the process of giving birth
subtype: #premature_labor labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation
part of: #pregnancy
part: #uterine_contraction__uterinecontraction a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal
part: #effacement shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
part: #asynclitism__obliquity the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
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